Blackout

Quiet/ Silence/ Closed Curtains/

East Palestine deserves more than to be glossed over,

By the talking heads we call the news outlets,

People are being poisoned by the water and air,

How is that not a disaster?

They can give money to other causes,

But not accidents like this,

Chickens are dead, people are getting rashes,

Oil is forming rainbows on streams,

Animals all over Ohio are dying,

Bloody flames burning waste into the sky,

People are exposed to carcinogens,

Crash! Another horse has fallen,

Because the poor creatures lungs are corroded with gunk,

Whilst TVs are turning off,

Because real problems are not considered important,

Unless it happens to someone who is famous,

A blackout on information,

Pretending that it didn't happen,

Whilst in real life,

Innocent people are suffering

Without answers.